Brian R  Pritchard - Motion Picture and Film Archive Consultant

Motion Picture Laboratory Techniques

British Motion Picture Laboratories

 

MOTION PICTURE LABORATORY TECHNIQUES 

by Brian Pritchard 93 pages A4 Format

 

The book is due to be published later in the year.

CONTENTS

 List of Illustrations                            

Chapter 1           Introduction            

Chapter 2           Cueing Methods

Chapter 3           Grading Bands

Chapter 4           Light Change Mechanisms

Chapter 5           Light Values                                               

Chapter 6           Sound Syncing                                           

Chapter 7           Scratches & Investigation of Scratches

Chapter 8           Scratch Treatment and Rewashing      

Chapter 9           Wet Printing                                               

Chapter 10         Faders and Fades                                      

Chapter 11         Printing Machine Roller Gates              

Chapter 12         Fogging                                            

Chapter 13          Safelights                                           

Chapter 14         Bell & Howell Type Punch Tape            

Chapter 15         Edge Numbers & Edge Printing            

Chapter 16         Printing Machine Sync Marks               

Chapter 17         Grading                                                        

Chapter 18         Vinegar Syndrome Duplication              

Chapter 19         Handling of Shrunken Film                    

Chapter 20         Film Geometry                                           

Chapter 21         Economy in Printing                                 

Chapter 22         Special Printing Techniques                   

Chapter 23         Frame Count Cueing                                

Chapter 24         A & B Roll Printing                                  

Chapter 25         Static                                                            

Chapter 26         Chemical Treatments                               

Chapter 27         How a Film Laboratory Works               

Chapter 28         False Colour Films                                    

Chapter 29          Fading of Colour Film Dyes

Chapter 30        Why Colour Negative is Orange    

Index                                                                                          

Bibliography